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Antiserum vs Immunoglobulin - What's the difference?

antiserum | immunoglobulin |

As nouns the difference between antiserum and immunoglobulin

is that antiserum is (medicine) a serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antigens specific for combatting an infectious disease while immunoglobulin is (protein|immunology) any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.

antiserum

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antigens specific for combatting an infectious disease.

    • Anagrams

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    immunoglobulin

    English

    (wikipedia immunoglobulin)

    Alternative forms

    * Ig (abbreviation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (protein, immunology) Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.

    • Synonyms

    * antibody

    Hypernyms

    * glycoprotein

    Derived terms

    * immunoglobulin A, IgA * immunoglobulin D, IgD * immunoglobulin E, IgE * immunoglobulin G, IgG * immunoglobulin M, IgM